Match-machine.



Pathted Nov. 4,1902.

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MATCH MACHINE.

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WILLIAM H. PARKER, OF MELLENVILLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO PARKER MATCH COMPANY, A CORPORATION OE NEW JERSEY.

MATCH-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 712,712, dated November4, 1902.

Application filed November 5., 1901. Renewed August 28, 1902. Serial No.121,337. (No model.)

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Be it known that L'WILLIAM H. PARKER, of Mellenville, Columbia county,New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMatch-Machines, of which the' following is a full, clear, and exactdescription. A

My invention relates to improvements in match-machines; and the objectof my inven- 1o tion is to produce a very simple machine which can berun very rapidly, which is adapted to cut match-splints simultaneouslyfrom a series of veneer strips or from a roll, which has a Very simpleform of carrier to receive I5 the severed splints, the carrier beingadapted either for hand or machine dipping, which has a very positivemeans for guiding the severed splints to their receiving-recesses in thecarrier, which has a toothed Wheel to 2o cause the severing of thesplints and to de-l liver the splints to the carrier, which has the saidtoothed Wheel to also feed the carrier through the machine, and, ingeneral, to produce'a machine which is positive, easily controlled, andadapted to cheapen' the'cost of matches.

Tothese ends my invention consists of a' match machine the construction,arrangement, and operation of'which will beherein- 3o after fullydescribed and the novel featuresclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referencerefer to similar parts throughout the several Views.

of the machine. Fig. 2 is'a broken vertical cross-section on the line 23 of Fig. 1 looking 4o toward the front of the machine.

the rear of the machine.

Fig. 3 is a' Y section on the line A2 3,'but looking toward; Fig. Ltis abrokeni detail cross-section of the splint carrier or:

frame, showing the splints in horizontal po- 55 sition.

but with the splints tilted into vertical posi- Fig. 5 is a sectionsimilar to- Fig. 4,

tion ready for dipping; and Fig. 6 is a broken plan view'of a portion ofthe dipping frame or carrier.

sign, and arranged transversely in the upper The frame 10 may be of anyapproved de t part thereof is a toothed wheel 11, which is cut, as shownat 12 in Fig. 3, into a series of sections, although these sections maybe independent wheels so long as the teeth are all in alinement and theyall turn in unison. The recesses 12 between the wheel-sections are toprovide for the match-splint ejectors, which will be hereinafter'referred to.

The toothed wheel 11 is carried by the trans- 6o verse shaft 13, whichis journaled in vertically-adjustable boxes 14, these being regulated bythe screws 15 in a well-known manner. The toothed Wheel may be turned inany convenient way; but, as shown, its shaft connects by gears 1G and 17with the drivingshaft 18, which is provided with suitabledriving-pulleys 19, though of course this may be driven in anyconvenient manner.

The stock 2O is in the form of veneer strips, 7o which are taken fromrolls 20a, and as usual in such cases the width of the veneer strip orstock corresponds to the length of the match-splint to be cut. The rolls20 of veneer can be supported ,in any convenient manner, such as on thetransverse spindle 21,

' which is mounted removably in the standards 22 on the table 23 of themachine, this table being arranged horizontally, so that the stock maybe fed conveniently over it. It 8o vvillv be observed that the spindle2l'can be easily liftedout of its supports, so that a new series ofveneer rolls 202L can be placed on it when others have been exhausted,and I preferably provide a series of these standards 22, so that they"will act as guides to hold'the veneer rolls or stock the correct dis-Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section` tance apart, as shownclearly in Fig. 2'. The

Vveneer strips or stock 2O are fed forward by feed-rollsl2i and 25,which, as usual inma- 9o chines of this character, havetheir'meetingpoints adjacent to the u'pper surface of the table 23, andthese rolls are preferably rubber-covered. They also havethe usual meansof vertical adjustment in relation .to each other.

The feed-rolls can beA turned in any usual Way, and, as illustrated,they connect by gears 26 and 27 With the gear-Wheel17 of thedriving-shaft 18, the gear-Wheel 26 being atroo tached to the shaft ofthe lower feed-roll 25.

As the stock is fed by the feed-rolls toward the toothed wheel ll itpasses through the transverse guidebar 2S, which is slotted on the underside so as to properly guide the stock, (see Fig. 2,) and the free edgesof the stock are pushed over the cutting edge of the knife 29, the edgeof which is horizontal and is flush with the inner end of the table. Theinner portion of this knife is vertical, as shown clearly in Fig. l, andthe body of the knife is supported near its inner edge on a cross-bar30, and the knife is also secured at 3l to the under side of the table,the sides of the knife extending forward beneath the table at the endsof the rolls 25 for this purpose. However, the means for supporting theknife can be departed from and any suitable support provided for it.

To facilitate the cutting off of the splints as the inner ends of thestock are struck by by the toothed wheel, the inner end or section 23CLof the table is preferably yielding, as shown in Fig. l, and can be heldnormally level by springs, as 32.

It will be noticed that as the stock is advanced against the face of thetoothed wheel ll it will be forced downward by the teeth of the wheel,and so cut off transversely by the knife 29. A curved guide 33 extendsdownward and rearward from the knife-edge, this guide being curved tocorrespond with the curvature of the wheel ll, and it prevents thesplints from flying out from between the teeth of the wheel, and as thesplints are forced downward they are also gradually forced outward bythe ejectors 37, (see Fig. 1,) the inner ends of which extend upwardbetween the wheelsections, as the drawing clearly shows, while the outerends are secured to a cross-bar 37m.

It will be noticed that the guide or guideplate 33, in conjunctionwithlhe ejectors 37, forms a downwardly-converging guide, so that thesplints pushed through this guide are positively forced into thetransverse recesses or notches 34 of the bars 35, which are arrangedlongitudinally in the frame 36, the said frame and bars forming acarrier for the splints. It will be further noted that as the splintsdrop horizontally into the notches 34 they come directly beneath thefaces of the teeth of the wheel ll, so that they are forced snuglyintothe said recesses or notches,which, it will be observed, are somewhatwedgeshaped or tapering, so that they hold the splints very firmly. Itwill also be noticed that the teeth of the wheel enter these notchessufficiently to form a very sure means of advancing the carrier, andthus the use of ratchet and other mechanism generally employed for thispurpose is avoided.

The bars 35 tilt laterally, so that by giving them aquarter-turn thesplints may be turned over to a vertical position, as illustrated inFig. 5. They are pivoted at the ends, as shown at 38, and connect bypins 39 with a laterally-moving rod 4.0, which is adapted to extendoutward beyond the sides of the frame 36, and to provide for the tiltingof the bars 35 they are slotted laterally, as shown at 35a in Figs. land 2, thus making room for the rod 40 when the bars tilt. Any suitablelneans may be used for actuating the rod 40. It will be observed that ifit comes in contact with any suitable abutment it will be movedlaterally, thus tilting the whole series of bars 35, and the means formoving the rod 4:0 is not shown, because such movements are wellundei-stood, and it will be seen that the abutment for actuating the rodmight be at any point during the travel of the carrier or frame 36.

The frame 36 slides longitudinally through the machine on the tracks 41,which can be made of angle-iron, and the tracks are supported onsuitable brackets 42.

l have shown a single frame 36; but it will be understood that thisframe and the accessories can be extended to `any reasonable length andthat a series of such frames may be linked together, if desired, to forma continuous carrier adapted for the continuous process of dipping. Thisarrangement is so well understood in the art that no novelty is claimedfor it, and it is not shown.

The operation of the machine will be understood from the descriptiongiven, and it will be seen that when the machine is started and thestock fed into it the operation is continuous.Thereisnointermittentmovement, because when the stock is fed forwardbetween the teeth of the wheel 11 the time is so short before the teethpush it down across the knife that there'is no vneed 4for making themovement of the stock intermittent, because in its nature it will yieldslightly,if necessary. It will be seen that as the splints are cut othey are positively forced by the teeth of the Wheel ll down through theguide formed by the converging parts 33 and 37, that the splints arepushed by the teeth firmly into the notches 34 of the carrier, and thatthe carrier is positively and regularly advanced by the turning of thewheel 1l. The arrangement described makes a very secure holder of theindividual splints, and they are carried horizontally, so that there islittle likelihood of their being disturbed, and they may be turned to avertical position whenever `it is necessary to dip them. Where thecarrier or frame is used Ifor hand-dipping, the bars 35 may be tilted bysimply pushing on thereonnecting-rod 40. I have not shown means forremoving the splints; but it will be seen that this can be done in manyWays.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A match-machine, comprising a stationary knife, `a toothed wheeljournaled parallel with the knife and arranged so that its teeth turnnear the knife-edge, means for feeding stock between the teeth of thewheel and over the knife-edge, a guide to receive the splints from theknife and carry them outward be- IOO youd the teeth of the Wheel, and acarrier to receive the splints, said carrier being directly engaged anddriven by the toothed wheel.

2. A match-machine, comprising a stationary knife, a toothed Wheelturning opposite the knife, means for feeding stock over the knife-edgeand between the teeth of the wheel, a guide to receive the splints andcarry them outward from between the teeth of the wheel, and a movablecarrier having notches to receive the splints, the notches being alsoarranged so as to engage with thev teeth of the wheel by whicharrangement the splints are pressed by the wheel teeth into the saidnotches and the carrier is advanced.

3. In a match-machine, the cutting mechanism comprisinga stationaryknife,atoothed wheel turning opposite the knife, means for feeding stockover the knife-edge and between the teeth of the wheel, and a yieldingtable or support for the stock, said support being arranged behind theknife-edge.

4. A match-machine comprising a stationary knife, a toothedwheeljournaled parallel with the knife and arranged to have its teethturn adjacent to the knife-edge, means for feeding stock over theknife-edge and between the teeth of the wheel, a guide to receive thesplints from the knife and carry them outward from between the teeth ofthe wheel, and a movable carrier traveling tangentially to and driven bythe toothed Wheel, said carrierconiprising parallel bars havingtransverse notchesv to receive the splints.

5. A match-machine, comprising a rotating toothed wheel, a carrierhaving transverse notches to receive the wheel-teeth, mechanism forcutting and delivering splints between the wheel-teeth, and a guidingdevice to guide the splints into the notches of the carrier and oppositethe teeth of the Wheel so that the pressure of the teeth jams thesplints into the said notches.

6. In a match-machine, a carrier comprising paralleltransversely-notched bars pivoted so as to turn on their longitudinalaxes, and a laterally-arranged rod pivoted to the bars so that by movingthe rod longitudinally the bars may be tilted.

7. A match-machine, comprising a stationary knife, a yielding tablebehind the knifeedge, a toothed wheel turning opposite the knife-edgeand provided with a series of circumferential recesses, means forfeeding a plurality of strips of stock over the knifeedge and betweenthe wheel-teeth, stationary ejectors held in the recesses of the wheeland curving outward to a point beyond the periphery of the teeth, aguide-plate opposite the Wheel-teeth and opposite the said ejectors, anda carrier movable opposite the wheel, said carrier having transversenotches arranged to receive the splints and to also engage with theteeth of the wheel.

In witness whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM H. PARKER.

Witnesses:

CLAUDE B. SOUTHARD,

EMMA L. SOUTHARD.

